I’m Yamanbagiri Kunihiro. A sword forged at the request of Nagao Akinaga, Lord of Ashikaga Castle. As Horikawa Kunihiro’s foremost masterpiece, right now I’m a sword that serves you alone. That about covers the important things, huh.

...I just thought that I wanted to get stronger.
That should be reason enough for me to go training.
If I am stronger than anyone else, I will be evaluated not as the replica of Yamanbagiri, but of myself as an independent entity.
However.
Why is that the tales I hear from the people are different from my memories?

...sorry. I sent out a confusing letter last time due to shock.
To tell the truth, I am still confused even now.
From my memories, I am the replica of Yamanbagiri, the legendary sword who cut through a Yamanba. I myself was not the one who cut down the Yamanba.
However, according to the people I met here, it was because I cut down the Yamanba, that the Chougi sword was named as Yamanbagiri after me.
But if that is so, the entire story has been reversed.
It's as if I, as the replica, has taken over the existence of the real thing.
How- I have no idea how to accept this.

After my previous letter, I finally came to a realization after spending long years listening to the tales of numerous people.
And that is that the legends where I killed the Yamanba or where the real Yamanbagiri killed the Yamanba, they both exist.
Perhaps, it might be because neither killed the Yamanba after all. Hahaha.
The legends told by men are always ambiguous.
It all feels stupid now, for me to have been worried about stuff like being a replica, or about the legends of killing the Yamanba.
I am the masterpiece forged by Horikawa Kunihiro, and I am here now with you watching over me.
And that is the really important thing to me now.
I have cleared my doubts. I will return to the citadel.